<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=451696" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Last Journey</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I sat on my haunches, dry eyed<br>as she motionless and rigid lied<br>On the cemented, grey floor<br>near the old decrepit door.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">All near and dear ones<br>were crying in muffled tones.<br>She lay oblivious to it and the rain<br>her face serene and erased of all pain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She had to be dressed in accordance with custom<br>Like a bride<br>as she had died<br>a ‘sobhagavati’.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her clothes had to be cut off from her stiff, cold body<br>in front of everybody.<br>She lay exposed, shriveled<br>unmindful of the indignity, <br>In contrast to the dignity <br>with which she had lived her life, <br>As a mother and a wife.<br>She was bathed with ‘Ganga-Jal’<br>dressed in fine silk and dot of vermillion.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then began her final journey.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She was put on a funeral pyre, <br>as the flames leapt higher<br>Her mortal remains were burnt, <br>all that was left were some bones and dust.<br>It was collected in a urn<br>to be immersed in a sacred river turn by turn.<br>And carried away to an unknown destination<br>leaving behind all she had loved with dedication.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Mamta+Agarwal">Mamta Agarwal</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=451696" data-title="The Last Journey de Mamta Agarwal" data-description="I sat on my haunches, dry eyed as she motionless and rigid lied On the cemented, grey floor near the old decrepit door. All near and dear ones were crying in muffled tones. She lay oblivious to it and the rain her face serene and erased of all pa..."></div> </div> </div>

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